Priscilla Langford Buckley (October 17, 1921 – March 25, 2012)[1][2] was an American journalist and author who was the longtime managing editor of National Review.
Buckley graduated with a degree in history in 1943 from Smith College,[3] while there, one of her best friends was Betty Friedan.
[7] Writers whom she helped to train include Paul Gigot, Bill McGurn, Mona Charen, and Anthony R.
[9] Buckley was opposed to abortion and in the 1970s and 1980s served on the board for the Ad Hoc Committee in Defense of Life.
[3] Buckley died of kidney failure on March 25, 2012, at the age of 90[7] at Great Elm, the house in Sharon, Connecticut, where she lived and where she and her siblings had grown up.